Spiritually Blissed Himachal

      Himachal Pradesh is really a nest of beauty and spirituality. From the ancient era Himachal showing the real core of Indian culture - Bhakti, Gyan and Karma.

      We started our journey from Amritsar. Visiting the Golden temple we took the entry to the mystic lush green Himachal.

      Dharamshala – is a place of tranquility and eternity. Chamunda Devi temple is the famous temple of this area located 10 kms west of Palampur. Chamunda  Mata idol is considered so sacred that it is completely hidden beneath a red cloth. Here Lord Shiva is present in the form of death, destruction and dead bodies along with Devi Chamunda. The temple glows with all its mystic sparkling effect beside Baner river or Banganga. Devotees take a holy dip in Baner and then worship and pray to Goddess Chamunda.

Baijnath temple near Palampur is a very ancient Shiva temple stated that it was built at the period of Pandavas. Palampur is also famous for its tea gardens and agricultural universities.

     After that we visited Jwalamukhi temple crossing the huge Kangra valley. It is one of the 51 power spots or shaktipeethas of India. It is 30 kms south of Kangra valley in the lap of Shivalik range of Himalaya. The temple is dedicated to the Goddess of Light, i.e. Sati or Parvati’s flaming mouth. In mythology of India it is stated that Sati’s tongue fell in this place.

    Bajreshwari Mata temple is also situated at kangra valley and one of the shatipeethas where Sati’s left breast stated to have fallen in Puran. The temple also called Kangra Devi or Nagarkot Dham. Gupta Ganga and Kangra Fort are near to this temple. You have to trek 1 km to reach the sacred Mata temple and you will surely feel like paradise and eternal peace.

After visiting the west part of Himachal we went to Kullu and thus Manikaran, which is famous for its hot springs and Parvati river valley. Manikaran is both Hindu and Sikh pilgrimage. Ramchandra temple and Sri Gurunanak Ji Gurudwara resides together. In manikaran you can experience the nature in the clad of God. Mountain locked area with lush green patches of dense forest and dancing river Parvati have drawn the ultimate spirituality and heavenly atmosphere.

Our next destination is Manali. On the way to Manali you can visit the many natural cave temples. Manali is situated on the bank of river Beas and also Manalsu River which culminates in the main Beas River.

Manu Rishi temple is 2 kms from Manali town dedicated to sage Manu and Manali itself named after Manu Rishi. The wooden sculpture is noticeable in all temples of Himachal. This temple is the ideal place for Dhyan or Meditation. The never ending silence, snow capped mountains, murmuring of Beas, green covering of pine forest and the simple minded peoples are the only ornamentation of Manali.

There are so many temples like Hadimba Mata and Ghatotkach temple, Siyali Mahadev temple, Vashisht Muni Ashram and Kund, Gayatri Devi and Shiva temple at Jagatsukh, Shankar Bhagban temple at Naggar etc.

      But the spiritual feelings will be the same in each and every corner of Himalaya as the Goddess is nature and we worship the beauty of nature and the incredible creation of it.